Fox Rothschild Adds Employment Pro in NY

Phillip H. Wang was featured in the Law360 article, “Fox Rothschild Adds Employment Pro in NY.” Full text can be found in the December 22, 2015, issue, but a synopsis is below.

Fox Rothschild has recently added Phillip Wang to the firm’s Labor and Employment Department. Wang has experience handling wage-and-hour disputes, discrimination issues and senior level executive terminations and will be practicing out of the firm’s New York office.

At Wang’s previous firm, he dealt with a wide variety of employment matters which he will carry over as he takes on his new role as a partner at Fox Rothschild.

“Whenever a lawyer of this caliber joins the firm, all of our clients benefit from the depth we add to our experience,” Michael I. Slapo, Fox Rothschild’s New York office managing partner, said in a statement. “Phil brings important strengths as a result of his background in labor and employment work for real estate, private equity and global online retailers.”

Wang has worked on complex litigation in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board. He also has experience drafting and negotiating employment agreements ranging from separation deals, independent contractor arrangements, confidentiality pacts and invention and assignment contracts, the firm said.

Wang is the latest attorney to be hired by Fox Rothschild, which has been expanding an array of practice groups.